Lord Astor of Hever: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	When the Department for International Development intends to deploy a development adviser to the multi-donor mission in Badakhsham, Afghanistan; and
	Whether they intend to deploy any personnel to the multi-donor mission in Badakhsham, Afghanistan; and
	What other countries will be contributing to the multi-donor mission in Badakhsham, Afghanistan.

Lord Astor of Hever: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What working arrangements there are between the United Kingdom-led provincial reconstruction team in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province and (a) the national Government of Afghanistan; (b) the provincial government of Helmand province; and (c) non-governmental organisations in the Helmand province.

Baroness Amos: For farmers in Afghanistan a livelihood is normally composed of a combination of activities. These may include agriculture (crops, livestock); employment (migrant labour); remittances (from family members working away from home); or welfare (for vulnerable groups not able to work). The way in which an Afghan earns a living may also change throughout the year. DfID's Livelihoods Programme, worth nearly £150 million from 2006 to 2009, recognises this and is a balance of shorter and longer-term initiatives, designed to address immediate needs as well as promoting longer-term rural economic development and sustainable alternatives to opium.
	DfID has established a £3 million Research in Alternative Livelihoods Fund (RALF) in Afghanistan for applied research into natural resource-based livelihoods. The programme is looking at improved forage and milk production and the introduction of legumes and vegetable crops, saffron and the medicinal properties of mint as viable alternatives to poppy production. Mint and saffron are showing early signs of success. The export feasibility of grapes, tomatoes, mushrooms and eggplants is also being examined. This includes not only crops but livestock, natural products, and post-harvest processing and rural services. DfID is working with RALF to improve dissemination of the results of the pilots.
	The majority of DfID's funding for livelihoods is channelled through three national priority programmes which address the multiple constraints that prevent farmers moving away from poppy cultivation. This includes access to credit, markets, productive infrastructure and land.
	The table below shows the total size of the Government's national priority programmes and highlights their successes. The column on the far right identifies DfID's contribution to these programmes.
	
		
			 Programme Name & Budget Beneficiaries Provinces Successes DfID Contribution 
			 National Solidarity Programme (NSP) $392 million 15,103 communities All 34 Provinces 14,000 Community Development Councils established. £91 million spent on areas of agriculture, education, health, irrigation, power, public buildings, transport and water supply. £17 million over three years 
			 National Rural Access Programme (NRAP) $193.3 million 375,000 households across Afghanistan All 34 Provinces Over 8,000 km roads built or repaired, as well as schools, health clinics and water schemes. £18 million in 2005-06 
			 Micro-Finance Investment Support Facility (MISFA) $84.09 million 234,000 households, shopkeepers, tailors, and farmers among others. 75 per cent of MISFA beneficiaries are women. 20 Provinces 1 £83 million worth of small loans distributed. £20 million over three years 
			 1 Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Faryab, Ghazni, Heart, Jawzjan, Kabul, Kapisa, Kunarha, Kunduz, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Parwan, Samangan, Saripul, Takhar, Wardak.

Lord Drayson: Military personnel deployed to Afghanistan are eligible for the operational allowance and separation allowances. The operational allowance, announced by the Secretary of State for Defence on 10 October, is paid to all personnel who have deployed to or are still serving in Afghanistan, Iraq or the Balkans. It is to recognise the significantly increased and enduring nature of the danger in these operational locations. It is a tax-free lump sum payment worth around £2,240 for a six-month deployment and is paid at the end of a service person's qualifying tour as a one-off payment via salary once they return to their permanent unit.
	Personnel are also entitled to separation allowances, either longer separated allowance (LSA—Royal Navy/Royal Marines and Royal Air Force) or longer separated service allowance (LSSA—Army only).
	LSA is a daily payment for each day a service person is separated from their home base and family, for more than 10 days. It is paid at one of 14 rates that range from £6.02 to £25.42 per day. The rate payable depends upon the accumulated separated service of the service person; the more separated service that has been undertaken, the higher the rate of allowance paid. LSA is taxable and paid on a monthly basis via the service person's salary.
	LSSA is paid to eligible Army personnel on the same criteria as LSA. This allowance has three rates that are identical to levels 1 to 3 of LSA and range from £6.02 to £12.82 per day. Once again, the rate payable depends upon the accumulated separated service of the service person, and the more separated service that has been undertaken, the higher the rate of allowance. LSSA is taxable and paid on a monthly basis via the service person's salary. On 1 April 2007, Army personnel will cease their eligibility for LSSA and instead become eligible for LSA, with its 14 rates.
	Depending on the nature of their duties, some personnel deployed to Afghanistan might also be eligible for unpleasant work allowance. This is paidat one of three rates ranging from £2.25 to£16.34 per day. This allowance is paid to compensate those personnel who must undertake particularly unpleasant duties, possibly in arduous conditions. It is taxable and paid on a monthly basis via the service person's salary.
	In addition, while serving on operations in Afghanistan, all personnel are exempt the payment of charges for food or accommodation occupied in the operational theatre.

Lord Drayson: The production sustainment and follow-on development MoU (PSFD MOU) is a multilateral document setting out the through-life arrangements for the purchase, support and upgrade of the Joint Strike Fighter and is common to all participants. The UK's specific requirements are listed in the bilateral supplement which is a classified annex to the PSFD MOU.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: The table below details the magistrates' court closures and amalgamations that the department has been notified of since May 1997.
	Up until 1 April 2005 magistrates' courts were the responsibility of locally-managed magistrates' courts committees who were statutorily independent. They were not required by statute to inform the department of any magistrates' courts closures that were not subject to an appeal under Section 56(3) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (now repealed). Since May 1997 a number of new courthouses have been built.
	
		
			 Magistrates' Courts 
			 Year Courthouse closed Date of closure 
			 1997 Bromsgrove 31 May 1997 
			 1997 Ledbury 31 May 1997 
			 1997 Hebburn 5 June 1997 
			 1997 South Shields (Kepple Street) 5 June 1997 
			 1997 Chippenham (Market Place) 30 June 1997 
			 1997 Ashton-Under-Lyne (Manchester Road) 31 August 1997 
			 1997 Duckinsfield 31 August 1997 
			 1997 Thorne 31 August 1997 
			 1997 Pontardawe 9 October 1997 
			 1997 Braintree 31 December 1997 
			 1997 Stokeley 31 December 1997 
			 1997 Clacton-on-Sea 31 December 1997 
			 1997 Bargoed 31 December 1997 
			 1997 Monmouth 31 December 1997 
			 1997 Pontlttyn 31 December 1997 
			 1997 Pontypool 31 December 1997 
			 1998 Malton 6 February 1998 
			 1998 Marlborough Street 31 March 1998 
			 1998 Bishop's Stortford 31 March 1998 
			 1998 Hatfield 31 March 1998 
			 1998 Hitchin 31 March 1998 
			 1998 Market Rasen 31 March 1998 
			 1998 Chertsey 31 March 1998 
			 1998 Farnham 31 March 1998 
			 1998 Oxted 31 March 1998 
			 1998 Lutterworth 31 July 1998 
			 1998 Ripon 1 August 1998 
			 1998 Barnard Castle 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Clerkenwell 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Sheerness 31 December 1998 
			 1998 West Mailing 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Lytham 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Diss 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Corwen 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Felixstowe 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Haverhill 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Saxmundam 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Stowmarket 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Newmarket 31 December 1998 
			 1998 March 31 December 1998 
			 1998 Saffron Walden 31 December 1998 
			 1999 Christchurch 31 March 1999 
			 1999 Abingdon 31 March 1999 
			 1999 Henley-on-Thames 31 March 1999 
			 1999 Windsor 31 March 1999 
			 1999 Morley 31 March 1999 
			 1999 Pudsey 31 March 1999 
			 1999 Stow-on-the-Wold 30 June 1999 
			 2000 Ampthill 1 January 2000 
			 2000 Biggleswade 1 January 2000 
			 2000 Dunstable 1 January 2000 
			 2000 Leighton Buzzard 1 January 2000 
			 2000 Lichfield 31 March 2000 
			 2000 Keighley 1 April 2000 
			 2000 Keswick 30 April 2000 
			 2000 Windermere 31 May 2000 
			 2000 Wigton 31 May 2000 
			 2000 Appleby 31 May 2000 
			 2000 Gravesend 9 June 2000 
			 2000 Wootton Bassett 2 October 2000 
			 2000 Abergele 31 December 2000 
			 2001 Alfreton 1 January 2001 
			 2001 Ashbourne 1 January 2001 
			 2001 Bakewell 1 January 2001 
			 2001 Matlock 1 January 2001 
			 2001 Leigh 31 March 2001 
			 2001 Middleton 31 March 2001 
			 2001 Leek 31 March 2001 
			 2001 Worcester 31 March 2001 
			 2001 Warrington Patten Hall 1 April 2001 
			 2001 Macclesfield Park Green 1 April 2001 
			 2001 Bideford 30 April 2001 
			 2001 Exmouth 30 April 2001 
			 2001 Kingsbridge 30 April 2001 
			 2001 South Molton 30 April 2001 
			 2001 Teignmouth 30 April 2001 
			 2001 Tavistock 30 April 2001 
			 2001 Axminster 4 May 2001 
			 2001 Tiverton 4 May 2001 
			 2001 Newquay 30 June 2001 
			 2001 Southampton (Commercial Road) 31 August 2001 
			 2001 Womborne 1 September 2001 
			 2001 Gillingham 30 September 2001 
			 2001 Bridlington 9 November 2001 
			 2001 Brough 9 November 2001 
			 2001 Driffield 9 November 2001 
			 2001 Hull (Guildhall) 9 November 2001 
			 2001 Hull (Lowgate) 9 November 2001 
			 2001 Pocklington 9 November 2001 
			 2001 Withensea 9 November 2001 
			 2001 Arundel 1 December 2001 
			 2002 Bridgenorth 31 January 2002 
			 2002 Leominster 31 January 2002 
			 2002 Fakenham 1 May 2002 
			 2002 Tunbridge Wells 2 June 2002 
			 2002 Beaconsfield 1 July 2002 
			 2002 Buckingham 1 July 2002 
			 2002 Evesham 30 November 2002 
			 2003 Thame 31 January 2003 
			 2003 Droitwitch 21 March 2003 
			 2003 Machynlleth 21 March 2003 
			 2003 Chester-le-Street 21 March 2003 
			 2003 Rugeley 21 May 2003 
			 2003 Lempeter 9 June 2003 
			 2003 Tenby 30 June 2003 
			 2003 Camberley 30 June 2003 
			 2003 Trowbridge 30 September 2003 
			 2003 Whitchurch 3 October 2003 
			 2003 Long Sutton 31 October 2003 
			 2003 Caistor 31 December 2003 
			 2003 Horncastle 31 December 2003 
			 2004 Richmond 31 March 2004 
			 2004 Stourbridge 23 June 2004 
			 2006 Wetherby 7 March 2006

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: It is not possible to attribute any changes in delay specifically to the closure of smaller courts. However, the estimated average time from offence to first listing for charged indictable/triable-either-way cases in 2005 was60 days, a 9 per cent decrease in delay from 66 days in 1997.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: Her Majesty's Court Service (HMCS) collects information on the number of magistrates' court trials which were ineffective because the defendant was absent. This covers trials only, which may include both charged and summonsed cases. The available information is provided in the table below.
	
		
			  Number of recorded ineffective trials where defendant absent (trial did not proceed in absence) Total number of recorded trials Defendant recorded absent as proportion (%) of total recorded trials 
			 2003-04 9,200 182,300 5.0 
			 2004-05 7,100 190,500 3.7 
			 2005-06 4,700 184,000 2.6 
			 This data collection only covers trials and not other hearing types where the defendant's attendance may be required. Information is therefore not available for other areas of magistrates' business (first listings, guilty plea hearings, et cetera.) 
			 The financial year 2003-04 is the earliest year for which data are available. Data for 1997 are not available. 
			 Source:  Cracked and Ineffective Trial Monitoring Form, HMCS 
			 Note:  Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.

Lord Greaves: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether the formal terms of reference ofSir Michael Lyons' inquiry into the financing of local government have been changed or extended since it was set up; and what are the current full terms of reference.

Baroness Andrews: The terms of reference forSir Michael Lyons's independent inquiry established on 20 July 2004 were as follows:
	"The inquiry will be led by Sir Michael Lyons and will report by the end of 2005 to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The inquiry will:
	consider, in the light of the report of the Balance of Funding review, the detailed case for changes to the present system of local government funding;
	make recommendations on any changes that are necessary and how to implement them; and
	take evidence from stakeholders.
	In particular, the inquiry will:
	make recommendations on how best to reform council tax, taking into account the forthcoming revaluation of domestic property;
	assess the case both for providing local authorities with increased flexibility to raise additional revenue and for making a significant shift in the current balance of funding;
	conduct thorough analysis of options other than council tax for local authorities to raise supplementary revenue, including local income tax, reform of non-domestic rates and other possible local taxes and charges, as well as the possible combination of such options; and
	consider the implications for the financing of possible elected regional assemblies.
	The inquiry will also consider, as appropriate, any implications that its recommendations have for other parts of the United Kingdom".
	On 20 September 2005, the Government announced an extension to Sir Michael's remit. The extended terms of reference were:
	"The Deputy Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have agreed with Sir Michael Lyons that he will extend his work so that he can consider issues relating to the functions of local government and its future role, as well as, and prior to, making recommendations on local government funding. His work will inform the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007.
	In addition to his existing remit which is focused on local government funding, Sir Michael's inquiry will:
	consider the current and emerging strategic role of local government in the context of national and local priorities for local services; and the implications of this for accountability;
	review how the Government's agenda for devolution and decentralisation, together with changes in decision making and funding, could improve local services, their responsiveness to users, and efficiency;
	in the light of the above, consider in particular: how improved accountability, clearer central-local relationships, or other interventions could help to manage pressures on local services; and changes to the funding system which will support improved local services;
	publish a report or reports, as appropriate, in time for the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007.
	Sir Michael will work closely with local government as well as with central government in delivering his remit".
	In the Pre-Budget Report on 6 December 2006, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed that the Government have asked Sir Michael to consider further the implications of the Eddington, Leitch and Barker reviews in order to ensure a coherent approach to the role, function and funding of local government. The Lyons inquiry's final report will be published around the time of Budget 2007.

Lord Davies of Oldham: Detailed below are the payments envisaged in the original franchise agreement, the actual sums paid (including those of the substituted "letter agreement") and the subsidies expected to be paid under the reinstated franchise agreement.
	In 2002 a "letter agreement" was put in place to reflect Railtrack's failure to deliver the agreed terms of the west coast modernisation programme. The recently announced agreement puts the Virgin West Coast franchise back on a secure contractual footing and enables the department to secure additional public value by incentivising the operator to reduce costs. Bracketed figures are premia planned to be received by the Department.
	It is to be noted that the sums paid include actual incentive payments and receipts. The sums paid also include the impact of the ORR regulatory review of track access charges, as do those planned for the reinstated franchise agreement.
	The reinstated franchise agreement, unlike the original, includes a revenue share/support arrangement in the eventuality that a target revenue is exceeded/fails to be achieved. This is in accordance with other recent franchises. The Department for Transport will receive 50 per cent of revenues achieved between 102 per cent and 106 per cent of an agreed target revenue and80 per cent of revenues greater than 106 per cent of target revenue.
	Revenue support arrangements are a mirror image of these; that is, should the franchisee fail to achieve between 98 per cent and 100 per cent of target revenues the franchisee will receive no support. Should 94 per cent to 98 per cent of target revenue not be achieved the department pays 50 per cent of that revenue not achieved; 80 per cent should revenues received be less than 94 per cent.
	
		
			 Franchise Year Original Franchise Agreement Plan(£m) Actual Payments(£m) Reinstated Franchise Agreement 
			 1996-97 92.5 5.8  
			 1997-98 77.8 76.6  
			 1998-99 68.4 70.2  
			 1999-2000 56.1 59.1  
			 2000-01 53.7 57.7  
			 2001-02 52.3 190.9  
			 2002-03 (3.9) 188.8  
			 2003-04 (52.7) 328.6  
			 2004-05 (55.8) 113.0  
			 2005-06 (72.0) 68.2  
			 2006-07 (126.6) 193 (estimate) 72.9 
			 2007-08 (151.6)  282.9 
			 2008-09 (167.6)  312.4 
			 2009-10 (184.5)  265.3 
			 2010-11 (202.2)  230.1 
			 2011-12 (220.3)  198.8 
			 (Figures in brackets denote planned premium)

Lord Davies of Oldham: The table below gives the Highways Agency's record of accidents on the A27 between Lewes and Polegate in October and November 2006 and the number of injuries that occurred.
	
		
			  Number of Accidents Injuries 
			  Fatal Serious Slight Fatal Serious Slight 
			 October 2006 1 0 4 1 0 5 
			 November 2006  4 3 0 6 8 
			 Total 12 accidents 20 injuries 
		
	
	Four of the 12 accidents required the road to be closed. Details of the location, date and time of the four accidents are given below.
	
		
			 Date Location Time of Incident Road Reopened* 
			 14-Oct A27 Lewes Road 604 meters west of The Street 17.14 22.33 
			 03-Nov A27 Selmeston 923 meters west of The Street 08.35 12.47 
			 06-Nov A27 Lewes Road 584 meters west of The Street 10.53 15.10 
			 29-Nov A27 Selmeston 746 meters west of Selmeston Lane 06.55 09.16 
			 *Source:  Sussex Police

Lord Adonis: The information requested can be found in the following table. Improving pupil attendance is a key priority for all academies, and the data show that most have better overall attendance records than the schools they replaced.
	
		
			 Authorised and unauthorised absences from academies and predecessor schools, 2001-05 
			2001 2002 
			 LA Schoolor Academy Opened Authorised /Unauthorised Absence Authorised /Unauthorised Absence 
			 Bexley Thamesmead Community College  15.0% 6.3%   
			 Bexley The Business Academy, Bexley 2002   - - 
			 Haringey St David and St Katherine Church of England High Schools  5.9% 0.6%   
			 Haringey Grieg City Academy 2002   - - 
			 East Middlesbrough Keldholme School  14.0% 1.9%   
			 East Middlesbrough Langbaurgh School  11.2% 0.5%   
			 East Middlesbrough Unity City Academy 2002   - - 
			 Brent Willesden High School  4.9% 7.1% 9.0% 4.0% 
			 Brent Capital City Academy 2003 
			 Bristol St George Community College  10.4% 0.3% 11.2% 0.9% 
			 Bristol The City Academy Bristol 2003 
			 Ealing Compton Sports College  11.6% 4.7% 10.7% 5.5% 
			 Ealing West London Academy 2003 
			 Manchester Ducie High School, Moss Side  11.4% 3.2% 12.8% 2.4% 
			 Manchester Manchester Academy 2003 
			 Middlesbrough Brackenhoe Comprehensive  13.4% 0.7% 12.8% 0.9% 
			 Middlesbrough Coulby Newham  10.8% 1.1% 9.6% 0.7% 
			 Middlesbrough The King's Academy 2003 
			 Nottingham Djanogly CTC and Forest School  7.8% 0.2% 10.3% 0.7% 
			 Nottingham Djanogly City Academy 2003 
			 Southwark City of London Academy * 2003 
			 Southwark Warwick Park School  6.7% 1.1% 5.7% 2.4% 
			 Southwark The Academy at Peckham 2003 
			 Walsall TP Riley School  10.6% 1.4% 9.8% 1.4% 
			 Walsall Walsall City Academy 2003 
			 Barnet The Edgware School  8.2% 2.1% 8.0% 1.4% 
			 Barnet The London Academy 2004 
			 Hackney Mossbourne Community Academy * 2004 
			 Hillingdon Evelyns Community School  17.6% 1.8% 11.6% 9.4% 
			 Hillingdon Stockley Academy 2004 
			 Lambeth Lambeth Academy * 2004 
			 Northampton Lings Upper School  14.7% 2.7% 8.8% 2.2% 
			 Northampton Northampton Academy 2004 
			 Doncaster Thorne Grammar School  9.9% 1.3% 9.9% 1.5% 
			 Doncaster Trinity Academy 2005 
			 Greenwich St Paul's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided School  8.1% 1.1% 6.3% 0.5% 
			 Greenwich St Paul's Academy 2005 
			 Salford Cannon Williamson Church of England School  18.9% 1.2% 15.4% 0.1% 
			 Salford Salford City Academy 2005 
			 Kent Ramsgate School  10.0% 3.0% 10.4% 4.7% 
			 Kent Marlowe Academy 2005 
			 Hillingdon John Penrose School  9.5% 2.3% 9.2% 1.5% 
			 Hillingdon Harefield Academy 2005 
			 Lewisham Malory School  9.0% 4.0% 6.8% 4.8% 
			 Lewisham Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy 2005 
			 Lewisham Haberdashers' Aske's City Technology College (CTC)  6.4% 0.6% 6.8% 0.5% 
			 Lewisham Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College Academy 2005 
			 Bradford Dixons City Technology College  4.2% & 4.3% 0.1% 
			 Bradford Dixons City Academy 2005 
			 Liverpool Our Lady's Catholic High School  8.5% 1.9% 8.5% 1.0% 
			 Liverpool Academy of St Francis Assisi 2005 
			 West Middlesbrough Macmillan City Technology College  6.1% & 5.8% & 
			 West Middlesbrough Macmillan Academy 2005 
			  National average for secondary schools  8.0% 1.1% 7.6% 1.1% 
		
	
	
		
			 Authorised and unauthorised absences from Academies and predecessor schools, 2001-05 
			   2003 2004 2005 
			 LA School or Academy Authorised /Unauthorised Absence Authorised /Unauthorised Absence Authorised /Unauthorised Absence 
			 Bexley Thamesmead Community College   
			 Bexley The Business Academy, Bexley 7.8% 2.0% 8.0% 1.0% 7.8% 0.7% 
			 Haringey St David and St Katherine Church of England High Schools   
			 Haringey Grieg City Academy 5.4% 5.1% 7.9% 1.9% 7.2% 1.4% 
			 East Middlesbrough Keldholme School   
			 East Middlesbrough Langbaurgh School   
			 East Middlesbrough Unity City Academy 8.1% 2.0% 9.5% 2.8% 9.9% 6.2% 
			 Brent Willesden High School   
			 Brent Capital City Academy - - 5.2% 5.9% 4.4% 6.5% 
			 Bristol St George Community College   
			 Bristol The City Academy Bristol - - 11.2% 0.2% 8.1% 0.4% 
			 Ealing Compton Sports College   
			 Ealing West London Academy 11.6% 1.8% 9.3% 2.6% 8.1% 2.0% 
			 Manchester Ducie High School, Moss Side   
			 Manchester Manchester Academy - - 7.3% 4.2% 5.6% 2.5% 
			 Middlesbrough Brackenhoe Comprehensive   
			 Middlesbrough Coulby Newham   
			 Middlesbrough The King's Academy - - 6.3% 8.2% 4.1% 7.3% 
			 Nottingham Djanogly CTC and Forest School   
			 Nottingham Djanogly City Academy 9.2% 0.7% 9.0% 1.4% 8.0% 1.7% 
			 Southwark City of London Academy * 6.5% 1.2% 
			 Southwark Warwick Park School   
			 Southwark The Academy at Peckham - - 5.7% 3.6% 6.7% 2.8% 
			 Walsall TP Riley School   
			 Walsall Walsall City Academy - - 4.6% 0.3% 2.4% 0.8% 
			 Barnet The Edgware School 7.4% 1.1% 
			 Barnet The London Academy   - - 6.6% 0.5% 
			 Hackney Mossbourne Community Academy * 4.0% 0.2% 
			 Hillingdon Evelyns Community School 8.0% 5.4% 
			 Hillingdon Stockley Academy   - - 6.9% 3.9% 
			 Lambeth Lambeth Academy * 3.7% 2.4% 
			 Northampton Lings Upper School 11.0% 2.0% 
			 Northampton Northampton Academy   11.5% 2.4% 8.6% 3.2% 
			 Doncaster Thorne Grammar School 8.3% 1.7% 8.1% 1.7%   
			 Doncaster Trinity Academy - - 
			 Greenwich St Paul's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided School 6.8% 0.5% 7.3% 0.7%   
			 Greenwich St Paul's Academy - - 
			 Salford Cannon Williamson Church of England School 12.5% 0.5% 11.2% 1.9%   
			 Salford Salford City Academy - - 
			 Kent Ramsgate School 7.9% 6.6% 11.0% 5.8%   
			 Kent Marlowe Academy - - 
			 Hillingdon John Penrose School 9.4% 2.1% 9.0% 2.0%   
			 Hillingdon Harefield Academy 9.6% 2.1% 
			 Lewisham Malory School 6.4% 4.2% 5.7% 5.0%   
			 Lewisham Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy - - 
			 Lewisham Haberdashers' Aske's City Technology College (CTC) 7.3% 0.3% 5.2% 0.2%   
			 Lewisham Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College Academy 4.8% 0.2% 
			 Bradford Dixons City Technology College 3.4% 0.2% 3.4% 0.1%   
			 Bradford Dixons City Academy 3.4% 0.1% 
			 Liverpool Our Lady's Catholic High School 9.3% 1.1% 7.8% 2.9%   
			 Liverpool Academy of St Francis Assisi - - 
			 West Middlesbrough Macmillan City Technology College 5.3% & 5.7% 0.1%   
			 West Middlesbrough Macmillan Academy 4.9% & 
			  National average for secondary schools 7.2% 1.1% 6.9% 1.1% 5.7% 0.8% 
			 Italics indicate a predecessor school 
			 * indicates a new school 
			 & - where a figure of less than 0.05%, but greater than 0% occurs 
			 - indicates an academy where attendance figures are not available as the school opened in the September of the year in question

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether the removal of any religious discrimination in the recruitment to the Police Service of Northern Ireland was a feature of the St Andrews Agreement of 2006; and, if so, what was agreed.

Lord Rooker: Government remain committed to achieving a representative police service in Northern Ireland for all community backgrounds. This commitment, and Government's aim to achieve 0 per cent Catholic composition for regular police officers by 2010-11, was part of the St Andrews discussions. The removal of the temporary police recruitment provisions are as outlined in Annexe B of the St Andrews agreement of 2006. This states that the 50:50 recruitment arrangements to the PSNI will lapse when the Patten target for Catholic officers has been achieved.